Aleksandar Gomelsky
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| Born |
18 January 1928 Kronstadt, Leningrad Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
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| Died | 16 August 2005 (aged 77) Moscow, Russia |
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| Nationality | Soviet / Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1950 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1948–1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1949–1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1948–1953 | ODO LenVO | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1954 | ASK Riga | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1949–1952 | Spartak Leningrad (women) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1966 | ASK Riga | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1959 | Soviet Union (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1970 | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1988 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1988 | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Tenerife | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | CSP Limoges | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a head coach
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| Basketball Hall of Fame as coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA Hall of Fame as player | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a head coach
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (Russian: Гомельский, Александр Яковлевич; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach of Jewish origin. The father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and was an inaugural member of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Gomelsky began his coaching career in 1948, in Leningrad, with LGS Spartak. In 1953, he became the coach of ASK Riga, an army club, leading the team to five Soviet Union League titles, and three consecutive European Champions Cups (EuroLeague), from 1958 to 1960.
In 1969, he was appointed the head coach of CSKA Moscow, where he coached until 1980, leading the club to 9 Soviet Union national league championships (1970–1974, 1976–1979), 2 Soviet Union Cups (1972–1973), and one European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) title in 1971. He also led the club to two more European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) finals, in 1970, and 1973.
He also coached in Spain, France, and the United States.
Gomelsky coached the senior Soviet Union national team for almost 30 years, leading them to 6 EuroBasket titles (1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1979, and 1981), 2 FIBA World Cup titles (1967, and 1982), and the Summer Olympic Games gold medal in 1988.
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